this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines... a report warns vulnerable adult women are being extensively sexually abused by grooming gangs across the uk. a family pays emotional tributes to two young brothers killed in a hit—and—run. they were the most loving boys. they did nothing wrong. they were loved by so many people. president trump gives more reaction to the florida school shooting. he criticises unarmed officer who stood outside the school while a gunman killed 17 people last week. the european council president says the uk's planned post—brexit position with the eu is based on "pure illusion". stephen fry announces he's been treated for prostate cancer, detected during a routine check—up in december. what next? you have to recover and

thatis what next? you have to recover and that is what i have been doing. if you're wondering why i have been out of the public eye and i'm sure you haven't! keeping my head down as much as possible. and an all—star cast in finding your feet — but do they hit the mark? we'll hear what mark kermode thought about that and the rest of the week's new releases in the film review. a review into sexual exploitation in the north east of england has concluded it's likely that notjust girls but also vulnerable women are being "extensively" abused across the uk. it follows operation sanctuary in august last year, which saw these 18 people jailed

for the sexual abuse of young women and girls groomed in newcastle. a review of that case has concluded a number of gangs have abused more than 700 victims all across the northumberland region. our correspondent, fiona trott, has been following the story from newcastle. today, those hundreds of victims received a public apology and the review tea m received a public apology and the review team pay tribute to them for coming forward and said they were profoundly sorry for what they had suffered. the report suggests newcastle was not a city like rotherham or rochdale as nobody was afraid to speak out more afraid of being politically incorrect. instead, a new concern about the exploitation of adults. a city under scrutiny. on these streets, as many as 700 vulnerable girls and women were sexually exploited. some were trafficked from one house to another and abused by several men. vanessa, not her real name, was a victim of sexual exploitation.

to protect her identity, we have used an actor's voice. at first, nothing was expected. i would just meet them and sit and have a drink. as time went on, i would have to have sex with them. when you are in care, they say you need education but what they seem to forget is that you can have the mental intelligence, but if you are not emotionally educated, it is pointless. that is why schools like this are teaching children about grooming. generally, it tends to be men. it makes you afraid to go out in case it happens to you or your friend. you get worried? yes. scared in case it happens and you don't know who to turn to and who you could trust. both people in a relationship need to be comfortable and you need to be in a situation where you can open up and listen. today's report says

it is notjust children. for the first time, a focus on vulnerable adults and a warning to other towns and cities across the uk. what i'd like the government to do is to have a really good look at the learning that is now available about abuse of adults with vulnerabilities, check the legislation, make sure the legislation that is in place is fit for purpose. in the meantime, this is how police are tackling the problem now. takeaway staff across newcastle are being trained on how to spot adult victims. they know the exploitation still exists in this city. i think it would be naive and wrong for me to suggest that because of sanctuary and at the point that this report is published, that this has stopped. that we have solved the problem. we haven't. it continues. it carries on, i would suggest, in most, if not all towns and cities in the uk.

most of the perpetrators who cruised the streets were from pakistani, bangladeshi and indian backgrounds. the report is calling for research into their cultures to understand their motivation and what it calls an arrogant persistence. the report also suggests that in towns and cities across the uk there should be an automatic assumption that sexual exploitation does exist on their doorstep and only then can be identified and tackled quickly. a government spokesperson said it will look carefully at the recommendations in the review. that was fiona trott. sarah champion is a labourmpfor was fiona trott. sarah champion is a labour mp for rotherham and has written about organised abuse gangs. thank you for being with us. what is your reaction to this report? next.

iam glad your reaction to this report? next. i am glad that as a country we are starting to wake up to the scale of this. i like the fact that it is recommending there be a presumption that this is going on in every town. but also great sadness, another thing that came out in the report was the victim ‘s and survivors were going through the court process and find it traumatic and it was likened to another form of abuse and i wish asa to another form of abuse and i wish as a country we could get more sensitive and focused on supporting these people who have been through living hell to have a positive outcome at the end of the process. it just seems that we're still not supporting victims and survivors. this finding, that it is likely that what has happened in the north—east of england is also going to happen potentially or has happened to vulnerable women across the uk, do you think that is right in your opinion? notjust my opinion, it is

the women that i meet. and this is going on across the country and we need to have knowledge that. start having grown—up conversations about it. and i am pleased the government will bring in relationship education for all primary school children so from the youngest age they know what an appropriate relationship is and what is not and what i want to see much more is when victims come forward and report to some degree of abuse or coercion or exploitation, at the point they come forward they are believed. he obviously follow the evidence and validate what they say but as a country we are still particular with sexual crimes, still disbelieving them and coming up with other excuses like lifestyle choices. we have to move away from that, it is just not acceptable. there is also a debate about the ethnicity of these gangs of abusers and this report today said that the

abusers were mainly not white but came from a diverse range of backgrounds, including pakistani, bangladeshi, indian, iranian, iraqi, kurdish, albanian and eastern european. where are we on what is the ethnicity of these perpetrators? i still think we are pulling back and looking at it as a common data manager amongst abusers and for me, these people are criminals and we should just see them as criminals, regardless of ethnic background. but we also need to do is look... is that a contributing factor? is a pure coincidence that in newcastle and across the country with this specific crime of grooming and abusing and exploiting young women, is just abusing and exploiting young women, isjust a coincidence abusing and exploiting young women, is just a coincidence that the vast majority of the people that have been arrested and charged are of pakistani heritage? we need research

andi pakistani heritage? we need research and i was keen to hear the report that came out today, saying we have to get research because the less —— u nless we to get research because the less —— unless we know what the contributing factors are, we cannot protect young women in this country. thank you very much for your time. we can pick up very much for your time. we can pick up on of those points. with me now is muna adil from quilliam, a think—tank which focuses on ways to combat cultural insularity and foster shared liberal values. sarah champion was talking about the question of ethnicity, is it a coincidence orfactor we question of ethnicity, is it a coincidence or factor we need to look at? you have done research on this? one of the recommendations from our report in december on grooming gangs is we need further research into grooming gangs. it is encouraging to see official government bodies taking this on and another thing... what do we know so far in terms of ethnicity? from the cases we evaluated, eddie 4% of the

perpetrators who committed child sexual exploitation in grooming gangs were of asian ethnicity, eddie 496. gangs were of asian ethnicity, eddie 4%. asians make up 7% of the uk population so that tells us something needs to be investigated. what else did your research revealed ? we what else did your research revealed? we also focused a lot on child exploitation and there was a study in 2013 that identified two different types of offender, type one targeting victims based on vulnerability, this is key in grooming gangs, and type two targeting victims based on specific sexual interest in children. type one, 75% asian, type two or 100% bite. this isjust —— is a specific crime profile we are looking at and i would encourage further research. the report talks about this notjust being in the north—east, it is all

across the uk. vulnerable women across the uk. vulnerable women across the country. is that the way you see at? for a long time, we did not talk about this because it was so not talk about this because it was so afraid of hurting cultural sentiments so this is a good first step and definitely a long way to go. that idea of being worried about offending cultural sentiments and so on, that is being re—evaluated? is that right? we don't worry about offending people? with this crime profile you are talking about a specific minority and there are elements within the british pakistani or asian community in britain that still subscribes to sexist and problematic views of women. just in the last year in pakistan, two girls propose to parliament, one of them was to ban

child marriage and the other was to have more protection for women in domestic abuse and violence situations. both of those were shot down by the official religious body in pakistan, claiming they were anti—islamic and blasphemous. there is definitely a problem there and these problems get passed from generation to generation until the lines between culture and religion are blurred so you cannot criticise one without the other but it is important to have these difficult conversations. another difficult conversation is a lot of the women involved in this investigation in the north—east felt very traumatised by the way they were treated by the authorities. what can be done about that? the first step is to educate oui’ that? the first step is to educate our children and a lot of these victims said they believed they were incompletely, normal, healthy relationships and that is saddening so we relationships and that is saddening so we need to educate children one

what a normal relationship looks like so they are better prepared and more resilient against grooming techniques. thank you very much for being with us. thank you. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.a0pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are political correspondent of london evening standard, kate procto, r and broadcaster john stapleton. the family of two young brothers killed in a hit—and—run collision have paid tribute to them as "jolly, happy, lovely boys‘. corey and casper platt—may, aged six and two, were struck by a car yesterday afternoon in coventry. their grandfather said he sobbed at the scene of the crash where the boys' pushchair, baby walker and other possessions were strewn over the road. their mother, who was uninjured in the crash, said her sons would be so missed. a 53—year—old man and a 41—year—old woman have been arrested. sima kotecha reports.

casper and corey. one brother loved maths and football, the other enjoyed splashing in puddles. yesterday, on this road in coventry, they were hit by a car. today, bewilderment, confusion and shock. they were the most loving boys. they did nothing wrong. they were loved by so many people, and so cheeky and... corey was cheeky, artistic, mischievous. a right wrestler. casper followed his brother, being a wrestler, being mischievous and being cocky. just a normal little toddler. they didn't deserve this. it was around 2pm and the boys were on their way to the park with their mother when they were hit by a black ford focus. they were taken to hospital with severe injuries but neither of them survived. i feel really heartbroken, to be honest.

i've known the dad almost all my life. and such a lovely family. why do bad things happen? my little one, she knows the older one, because she's six. he was really friendly. and kind. a 53—year—old man and a 41—year—old woman have been arrested on suspicion of drink—driving and causing death by dangerous driving. casper and corey's mother paid tribute to her sons on social media, calling them amazing, cheeky and fun. their grandfather had this to say. the boys were lovely. they'd do anything. just very happy, jolly, lovely boys. and their lives have been taken away so young. it's unbelievable. i just don't know what to say, you know. it's just crazy. the headlines on bbc news...

the government has been told that more needs to be done to recognise the extent of abuse suffered by vulnerable women in towns and cities across the uk. a mother whose two young sons were killed in a hit—and—run crash in coventry has described them as "amazing" and "cheeky" boys, who will be deeply missed. the european council president, donald tusk, has called the uk's post brexit position with the eu "pure illusion". sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. the third round of the six nations championship is already under way with france taking on italy this evening ahead of the calcutta cup clash between scotland and england tomorrow with ireland and wales completing the weekend fixtures. the stade velodrome in marseille, france

scoring this early try through paul gabrillagues. that was the early lead but italy have hit back, awarded a penalty try. the italians currently leading 7—5. in the women's championship, england, two wins to the good, against scotland and england leading at half—time and they have secured the bonus point thanks to that try. england currently leading 31—8. the man who exposed the russian doping scandal has given his first international broadcast interview to the bbc. evidence from doctor grigori krychowiak of salt russia banned from the olympics and the fallout forced him into hiding and he is fearing for his life. living in the united states, we interviewed him from a secret location where he said he had not fled russia he would be dead. that is why i'm sitting here.

telling the truth about what happened. those british sport have a problem with cheating? honestly? yes. i have heard of some several seriously suspicious cases in british sport. this is the most important moment in the history of the olympic committee and it should show how they are consistent with the fight against doping. russia reject any charges, they say that i ama reject any charges, they say that i am a liarand reject any charges, they say that i am a liar and if the flag will be allowed to appear, it will be the worst decision. the olympics could die. you can hear more of that

interview on the bbc website. the women's curlers will battle things over a bronze medal at the winter games after being beaten by sweden in the semifinal today. missing the chance to contest gold. sweden built a huge lead at the end of the seventh end. scoring with rhys jones, as eve muirhead failed to find the target. team gb did reduce the deficit but sweden added two more in the ninth end to secure their place in the final. leaving their place in the final. leaving the british team to battle it out for a bronze tomorrow. we gave it our all tonight and the swedish girls were on fire. myself, i missed a couple of key draws and you cannot afford to do that. of course, absolutely gutted. i guess we have trained hard for the last three or four years to be in that position and unfortunately, today we were just outplayed. but we still have a medal to play for so we will be giving it our all tomorrow.l brilliant performance today from the

15—year—old russian figure skater who won the first gold medal for the olympic athletes from russia after a world record in the short programme, it was an impeccable routine in the free dance, beating her training partner and the reigning world champion. she was a favourite going into at but is alley oop over earns her slice of olympic history atjust 15 years old. elsewhere, the german men shocked the reigning champions canada to reach the ice hockey final, they will play the way our tea m final, they will play the way our team in the gold—medal match after beating the czech republic. and the man city manager pep guardiola has been charged by the football association following a political message specifically a yellow ribbon. guardiola revealed in november he wears it to support imprisoned politicians in his native catalu nya. imprisoned politicians in his native catalunya. the imprisoned politicians in his native catalu nya. the fa imprisoned politicians in his native catalunya. the fa says he is in breach of its kit and advertising regulations. he has until six o'clock on monday the 5th of march

to respond to the charge. and that is all the sport for now. back with more in sportsday at 10:30pm. thank you very much for that. president trump has criticised an armed officer who stood outside the florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week. deputy scott peterson resigned after an investigation found he waited outside while shots were being fired and failed to confront the suspect. the president — who has suggested arming teachers as one way of reducing the risk to students — said the officer hadn't shown enough courage. he was there for five minutes, for five minutes, that was during the entire shooting. he heard it right at the beginning so he certainly did a poorjob but that's a case where somebody was outside, they are trained, they didn't react properly under pressure or they were a coward. that was donald trump and earlier he

was addressing the conservative political action conference in maryland and gary o'donoghue has been there listening to what he had to say. there is a curious twist in this terrible story, that there was someone this terrible story, that there was someone there, in a sense for this very reason, and it is something the white house is arguing for and the governor of florida is arguing for. and it did not stop it in any way. i'm sure they will bring that down to the individual, as you heard from donald trump himself, that the man has also been fired by the local sheriff. what donald trump is suggesting is something more extreme than just having an officer in each school, he says teachers themselves, and he varies on the terms of numbers, but he said maybe 20% of teachers should carry a concealed weapon inside theirjacket so nobody

knows who has got it. and that would keep the bad guys and bad people, in one tweet, he put it, from coming into schools because they would not know who is going to pull the gun on them. the teaching unions don't like that very much, as you can imagine. the governor of florida does not like that very much. but it does go down very well at conferences like this one and very well as a message for people like the national rifle association, who have a lot of influence in this debate. gary o'donoghue reporting. the united nations security council is due to vote on a draft resolution, calling for a 30 day ceasefire in syria. there were more air strikes today targeting the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, near damascus, which has been under heavy bombardment since sunday. more than 400 people are reported to have been killed this week. let's go to the un in new york and speak to our correspondent, nada tawfik. what is the latest? the killing

continues in syria, the talking continues in syria, the talking continues at the un, are they closer to any resolution? are talking continues. i asked a diplomat when the vote will be getting under way and you said, who knows? diplomats are literally still negotiating as we speak and a final draft of the resolution has not been circulated around for everyone to look at the russians are still in intense negotiation but given this has been two—week long process, the mood music is that the leaders are closer than they were to an agreement but as they say, until everything is agreed nothing is agreed. certainly, russia, a lot of the concerns were taken into russia, a lot of the concerns were ta ken into account russia, a lot of the concerns were taken into account and the latest version of the resolution, concerns they were not getting enough guarantees the rebels would abide by a ceasefire and also that extremist groups would be able to continue to

operate. those groups are not part of the ceasefire deal and that would allow president assad and the syrian military to continue their campaign against them. there has been a huge international outcry about what has been going on in eastern ghouta in the last few days. but the world has seemed powerless to stop this, at least with this resolution, there could be potentially a ceasefire? the people in syria are in dire need of relief. you have the un chiefs, the humanitarian chiefs, the ongoing for syria and the secretary general said the people in eastern ghouta are living in hell on earth and it is winter, they don't have food or electricity or water. there is an urgency here to show that the united states, the united nations is not failing syrians, they are serious about trying to provide much—needed aid into the area to get medical

evacuations out, but the problem is, these same divisions that are playing out on the ground in syria are present in the un as well but these leaders and so it does seem as though some compromises have been made to try to reach an agreement but we will have to see when that vote does take place. thank you very much indeed. 22 charities — including oxfam and save the children — have committed themselves to root out staff who've abused their power. in a joint letter they promise to ensure that both workers and people receiving aid are protected from harm. the charities are inviting anyone who's witnessed bad behaviour to report it. they also apologise for theirfailures in the past. we can speak now to karl wilding, he is the director of public policy and volunteering at the national council for voluntary organisations, which has 13,000 members, including oxfam and save the children. do you think the various charities

involved in the scandal, have they done enough to really reassured the public that they are getting their houses in order? i think this is just the end of the beginning. we have to prove to the public that we are listening to their concerns and taking them seriously, apologising isa taking them seriously, apologising is a start. we have talked about the actions we will take what we need to show those actions and we need to be able to prove that we have minimise the chances of these things happening again in the future. how damaging has this been, not only to oxfam, they said they had lost 7000 individual donors, i think. oxfam, they said they had lost 7000 individual donors, ithink. but other organisations like save the children? it is clearly damaging. it is probably worth saying in context that 7000 donors isjust is probably worth saying in context that 7000 donors is just over a 1% so clearly some people are rightly and have cancelled donations

upset and have cancelled donations but it is also the case that many others are continuing to support oxfam. more broadly, we are concerned that in the short term people will not trust us in the way they did before. in the longer term, it will come back to whether or not we have fixed the problem is that people are concerned about. that is what we have to focus on. and you think that the organisations that you represent, they are all aware of what they need to do in the future? i think probably every board of trustees, the volunteers who lead charities, every board of trustees in the country is having a conversation about safeguarding, a conversation about safeguarding, a conversation about safeguarding, a conversation about whistle—blowing, a conversation about whether or not people feel confidence or if they should feel confident enough coming forward. we have been helping them think about that but this is just the end of the beginning, there is

more to do and i am not going to say that everything is fine. hopefully we can come back to you in a number of months and say that we have taken as much action as we can to ensure we don'tjust as much action as we can to ensure we don't just have as much action as we can to ensure we don'tjust have safeguarding policies but we have a really good safeguarding culture. thank you very much indeed forjoining us and discussing that whole issue and the letter from the charities. 22 charities, including oxfam and save the children, who have committed themselves to rooting out abuse. thank you very much for your time. let's check out the latest weather prospects. just approaching half past eight. louise lear is here. little in away of ranger talk about this weekend, and dry one but also cold if you haven't already heard. hopefully we will have decent spells of sunshine but please remedy a factor in the strength of the wind and the direction of the wind coming from a cold east all away from siberia. more cloud through the

night tonight across the north sea coast and again through northern ireland, sandwiched in between, the clear slots so the temperatures falling away and the blue you noting the hard frost first thing on saturday morning, a beautiful start any others. that strong wind from any others. that strong wind continues to strengthen and aching it feel quite cool, especially on the exposed coasts. highest values of 4—7d and almost repeat performance into sunday. we should see a little more in away of sunshine through northern ireland as well, cloud your through the north—east of scotland but generally fine, dry but chilly with highs of 4-7. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the government has been told that more needs to be done to recognise the extent of abuse suffered by vulnerable women in towns and cities across the uk. a mother whose two young sons were killed in a hit—and—run crash

in coventry has described them as "amazing" and "cheeky" boys who will be deeply missed. the european council president, donald tusk, has called the uk's post—brexit position with the eu "pure illusion". the health secretary says the system for prescribing drugs on the nhs has to be modernised after a report shows errors could be contributing to 22,000 deaths a year. jeremy hunt announces more investment in computers to prevent mistakes. president trump has criticised an armed officer who stood outside the florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week. european leaders have been meeting in brussels that theresa may to discuss the eu's future after

brexit. theresa may will give more details on how a close relationship the uk should eventually have with the uk should eventually have with the eu in a speech next friday. donald tsk is due to meet theresa may in london next week and says he is glad the uk government seem to be moving towards more detailed plans but he expressed some caution. i'm afraid the position of the uk today is based on pure illusion. from the very start, it has been a key principle that there can be no cherry picking and no single market ala cherry picking and no single market a la carte. this will continue to be a la carte. this will continue to be a key principle, i have no doubt. our brussels reporter has been

assessing today's events and elliot i asked him what he made of donald tsk‘s comments. —— earlier i asked him. unless he had a spy, he doesn't know what the british position is. he is basing his comments on what journalists are telling him, and lea ks journalists are telling him, and leaks from the british government. we will only know what the british government decides when theresa may gives a speech a week today and she will probably brief donald driscoll about it when she sees him on thursday and london. —— brief donald task. he says the key philosophy is alive and well which means the uk may be able to have a close economic relationship with the eu but pick and choose the regulations that it likes to follow and then go its own way when it comes to other sectors it would like to manage for itself, and the fact that he delivered it in quite a stern way, he meant this in

quite a stern way, he meant this in quite a stern way, he meant this in quite a serious way, and whether it will be doubly annoying to the brits asi will be doubly annoying to the brits as i get the impression from london that the government was really happy with how this eight—hour meeting went at chequers yesterday. there are big names with different priorities about brexit, they should sit around a table and play nicely and come up with several positions thatis and come up with several positions that is why these words of donald tusk at the end of this formal summit will stay with the brits. ahead of a courtesy call, was this discourteous or jumping the ahead of a courtesy call, was this discourteous orjumping the gun and he is going on the ward of journalists? i suppose the point donald tusk was trying to make was that the eu has had a settled position on the big principles of the brexit process since a meeting a bet like this one back in april last year when they wrote a document setting out the things we would become used to, no cherry picking,

you're either in or out of the single market. british can't have an influence on the internal workings well it is outside. if britain was to rely on eu law, it will have to accept some rule from the european court ofjustice. donald tusk has said this again and again. speaking of guidelines, what happens next is diplomats from the ‘20s of the remaining countries will get together over the next few weeks and write a new set of guidelines which will be the blueprint for how the eu sees the second phase of brexit talks. the eu leaders will be back in this building on friday the 23rd of march saw a month today to adopt those guidelines, donald tusk says it will be great if the british government can come forward with more detail because the talks will work better, but he said if those talks aren't forthcoming, it will still carry on anyway. mistakes when patients

are prescribed or administered drugs could be the cause of seventeen hundred deaths a year in england, and contribute to thousands more. a report commissioned by ministers says gps, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes could be making millions of errors a year. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says the system around medication has to be modernised, but he's acknowledged that staffing pressures are also a factor. here's our health editor hugh pym. shirley has her husband harry to thank for spotting a medication error which could have made her very seriously ill full stop she was error which could have made her very seriously ill. she was admitted to hospital with pneumonia and was mistakenly given double dose of the usual epilepsy medicine. it was only put right after harry saw her condition got worse realised something was wrong. thinking back on it now, her granddaughter and the rest of the family are angry about shirley's ordeal. i was personally really quite horrified that something like that could happen whilst in the care of a hospital. you don't expect to go into hospital and receive the wrong

medication, especially something you already prescribed and you have a prescription for. you shouldn't then receive the wrong dosage. it was quite scary to think that that error could be made. i was shouting and hollering and didn't know where i was or what i was doing. and that's not me at all. it can happen right across the system and notjust in hospitals and care homes where medication is being administered. pharmacists can make errors when they are dispensing medicines. they say they sometimes have to correct mistakes made by gps when they are issuing descriptions. when they are issuing prescriptions. the government says medication errors are made in every health system but even so, action is needed including greater use of online prescribing. this is not about blaming doctors, nurses, pharmacists who work under a huge amount of pressure. it's about putting the checks and balances in place with prescribing systems and making sure the culture is right so if someone

does make a mistake they are not criminalised for it. we can learn from that mistake and stop it being repeated. health unions agree that more needs to be done and they argue underlying issues like staffing should be tackled. there aren't enough staff always to keep patients safe as they should be because errors are so much easier made when you don't know the patient, you don't know the area, you don't other drugs, it may be an early age are not familiar with working in. it could be a special to because the star for a move that led to cover the gaps in the service at the moment. shirley and her family are waiting for a full explanation of what happened. whatever the reasons for the mistake over the medicine, they simply want someone to ta ke medicine, they simply want someone to take responsibility. a man has been charged by police investigating the death of a 25—year—old woman at the bestival festival. louella michie, the daughter of holby city actorjohn michie, was found dead in woods on the edge

of the festival site last september. 28—year—old ceon broughton from london, has been charged with manslaughter. he is due to appear before poole magistrates‘ court tomorrow. the world health organization has told the bbc it's investigating a number of harassment claims within the agency. dr tedros ghebreyesus says the recent revelations around abuse and harassment within aid agencies are "shocking" but that there should be a "measured response". he's calling for greater transparency and says whistle—blowers should be protected. he's been speaking to our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar at a patient safety summit in central london. we're here the global patient safety summit where health leaders have been meeting to discuss - to cut a deaths due to avoidable deaths due to medical errors all around the world. speaking on this stage where was the relatively new head of the world health organisation tedros adhanom ghebreyesus and i've been speaking

to him about the current controversy engulfing the aid sector. i have you phoned these shocking revelations? —— found. phoned these shocking revelations? -- found. it is very shocking but at the same time, we strengthen our resolve to fight it. clearly this is resolve to fight it. £1??? “neg that has got people very something that has got people very upset and people are already withdrawing money from oxfam and others. given the key to what you do on the ground —— given day are key to what you do on the ground, will this impacts people? as long as we start bringing in radical measures to address it in future, we have to see the other side. great things have been done. i can give you many exa m ples have been done. i can give you many examples where oxfam have really done incredible things to help the needy. that's why this is so

troubling, because that trust that was there has now been damaged, you know, possibly without being able to recover. we have to see the problem properly and address it in a way that we continue to use to do good things, so there should be a balance. to be clear, are you doing a review into world health organisation practices to make sure that your staff are following strict guidelines and protecting vulnerable people on the ground? we have been doing it and that is always room for improvement. we identified even last week when we checked the policy issues, there are some things that we need to improve. the most important thing is commitment and continuous improvement. make it an open organisation, a transparent one. prevent things from happening. that's the most important thing, but as soon as something wrong happens, detect it and take it seriously. we

are doing things differently. for instance, for the first time, the top management, 64% of the top management are women. are you investigating any complaints against staff at the moment? you of course. there are cases from 2017. —— yes, of course. most of them are sexual harassment. one is still under investigation. the most important thing i said earlier is to have an open organisation and to focus on prevention and have mechanisms for early detection and ways to protect whistle—blowers, which we have. eight months into the role, what would you say is the biggest challenge facing global health at the moment. i think the biggest challenge is the lack of access of about half of the population of the

world to basic services and that is linked with the vulnerability to epidemics and pandemics. what would you say would be your strongest goal for 2018? i would still push on system strengthening an emergency responses. these are two sides of the same coin so let's not go for a quick fix to show some image, let's go for something which is strong. that will be a guarantee to give us security. the comedian, broadcaster and author stephen fry has revealed he's been suffering from prostate cancer. the 60—year—old had an operation to remove tumours last month and said he's now on the road to recovery. as far as

as farasi as far as i know, it's all been got. i don't think there are higher chances of me getting another cancer now. it can make you more susceptible to other kinds but i won't know for sure until i have been checked and they should be zero because i have no prostate. it should be zero but if there is anything left on the bed of the prostate rarely have taken it out, then maybe that will spread and i will need radiotherapy, the whole damn thing will start again. it really is very likely you will get it, so it is worth checking your psa and going from there. the answer is to discuss these things with your doctor. now it's time for this week's film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to

the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? interesting week, we have finding your feet, which i think isa british drama comedy. we have i, tonya with an astonishing performance by margot robbie who also produces. and dark river, a new film by barnard. finding your feet, even the poster looks like a quintessential british gathering. the poster doesn't do it any favours, it's aimed at the